(The Spongers)

Content: In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Drama,

TV Movie

Runtime:

104 minutes

Year:

1978

Directors:

Roland Joffé

Production companies:

BBC

Actors:

Pauline

Sullivan

Peter

Paula

Gary

Crews:

Editor

Director of Photography

Production Design

Costume Design

Director